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Antonyms for immodesty


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-mod-ist
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɒd ɪst



Definition of immodesty

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Latin immodestia "intemperate conduct," from immodestus (see immodest).
  • As in impropriety : noun bad taste, mistake
  • As in indecency : noun obscenity, vulgarity
  • As in obscenity : noun indecency, immorality; vulgarism
  • As in pride : noun arrogance, self-importance
  • As in swelled head : noun inflated self-opinion
  • As in ego trip : noun egotism
  • As in egotism : noun self-importance
  • As in grossness : noun obscenity
  • As in improperness : noun impropriety
  • As in impudency : noun impudence
  • As in inappropriateness : noun impropriety
  • As in indecorum : noun impropriety
  • As in indelicacy : noun impropriety
  • As in pretentiousness : noun self-importance
  • As in profaneness : noun obscenity
  • As in raunch : noun obscenity
  • As in raunchiness : noun obscenity
  • As in ribaldry : noun obscenity
  • As in scatology : noun obscenity
  • As in scurrility : noun obscenity
  • As in scurrilousness : noun obscenity
  • As in smuttiness : noun obscenity
  • As in swearword : noun obscenity
  • As in unbecomingness : noun impropriety
  • As in unfitness : noun impropriety
  • As in unseemliness : noun impropriety
  • As in unsuitability : noun impropriety
  • As in unsuitableness : noun impropriety
  • As in vulgarness : noun obscenity
  • As in conceit : noun egotism
  • As in exhibitionism : noun attention-seeking behavior
Example sentences :
  • Their scantiness of raiment, it is pleaded in their behalf, is due in no sense to immodesty.
  • Extract from : « East of Suez » by Frederic Courtland Penfield
  • In spite of this paucity of clothing, there was not the least immodesty in their bearing.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
  • Perhaps it is this immodesty on its part that prevents your liking it.
  • Extract from : « Faces in the Fire » by Frank W. Boreham
  • Is there any relation between the nude in art and immodesty?
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • The immodesty of the thing appalled her, but the desire remained.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
  • As to the child herself, there was not a suspicion of immodesty about her.
  • Extract from : « A Noble Queen (Volume II of III) » by Philip Meadows Taylor
  • Immodesty, mark this well, advances neither in this nor that world.
  • Extract from : « Sketches of Central Asia (1868) » by Arminius Vmbry
  • They forget that drapery about the perfect was suggested by immodesty.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • And so it comes to this: immodesty is a part of the stock in trade of the play-house.
  • Extract from : « Popular Amusements » by J. T. Crane
  • Twas not immodesty which caused me to make this appeal, but a dire need.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Frontier » by Randall Parrish

Synonyms for immodesty

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